Getting Hired

Tips from the inside

IKEA's hiring process differs somewhat from the cartoon captioned "IKEA job interview," in which an interviewer presents a prospective hire with a disassembled chair and invites him to take a seat. With over 200 companies in the IKEA Group, there are opportunities aplenty in the following fields: stores, distribution, purchasing, industry group, product development, and expert and supporting functions, such as IT, communications and food services. The vast majority (80 percent) of the company's employees are based in Europe, with about 15 percent in the U.S. and the balance in Asia and Australia. Some 75 percent of the workforce is occupied with retail, only 10 percent are involved in purchasing and distribution, while about a fifth are involved in the Swedwood Group, the company's manufacturing arm.
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